CVE-2014-8184

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    CVE-2014-8184

    Published: 2 Aug 2019Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

    References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184, https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184, https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8184, https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High